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muriel_volestrangler

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Sat Jul 20, 2013, 11:49 AM Jul 2013

Women 'banned from shopping alone' in northern Pakistan

Islamic clerics and tribal elders in Pakistan's north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have barred women from shopping without a male relative.

The decision was made during a meeting at a mosque in Karak district and announced over its loudspeaker.

Most women in Pakistan's tribal north-west cover their heads and bodies.

The step is reportedly aimed at keeping men from being distracted during the holy month of Ramadan. It is not clear whether it will be lifted when it ends.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23388205


Even by their own misogynistic thinking, this does not make sense - if a man is 'distracted' by the sight of a woman, having a male relative with her is not going to stop him being 'distracted'. I can only see this as taking advantage of a religious festival to further subjugate women.
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Women 'banned from shopping alone' in northern Pakistan (Original Post) muriel_volestrangler Jul 2013 OP
Wow. They call women "vulgar". cbayer Jul 2013 #1
Dreadful, but typical.. Mojo Electro Jul 2013 #2

Mojo Electro

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2. Dreadful, but typical..
Sat Jul 20, 2013, 01:01 PM
Jul 2013

"The decision was made during a meeting at a mosque in Karak district and announced over its loudspeaker. "

Clearly that's how decisions should be made.

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